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A Lenovo S12 netbook that uses the Nvidia Ion chipset is seen bearing a Windows 7 sticker at the Windows 7 Launch Party in New York, October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Microsoft, News Corp weigh Web pact: source

Tue Nov 24, 2:07 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

  • Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote address at the company's annual conference in San Francisco, California July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White
    Privately held Facebook sets up dual-class stock Tue Nov 24, 4:27 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has established a dual-class stock structure to ensure voting control by existing owners, but has no plans to become a public company, it said on Tuesday.

  • Denver Broncos receiver Eddie Royal, an afficianado of Twitter as well as Facebook, pictured during an October 2009 game, said he likes the give-and-take with fans. "They're interested, and you want to show them you're a normal person," Royal said. "It's cool to bounce back topics with them and answer questions they want to ask directly."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Donald Miralle)
    Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010 Tue Nov 24, 6:06 AM ET

    TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday.

  • A customer checks out Music Store (on a screen) with Apple iTunes at an Apple store in Tokyo in this August 25, 2006 file photo. iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota/Files
    Filmed concerts come to iTunes in Live Nation deal Tue Nov 24, 12:26 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.

  • An advertisement for the Apple iPhone is shown at a retail store of an Orange mobile phone network provider in Bordeaux, southwestern France, October 23, 2009. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
    "Jail broken" iPhones hacked by new virus Mon Nov 23, 5:09 PM ET

    BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said.

  • EReaders, price war weigh on Barnes, Borders Tue Nov 24, 5:50 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. booksellers Barnes & Noble Inc and Borders Group Inc will pay a price for coming late to market with electronic book readers, analysts said.

  • Microsoft CFO to leave, look for bigger job Tue Nov 24, 5:54 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell is to leave the company at the end of the year, indicating that he is looking for a bigger job at another company.

  • Sophie Schmidt, daughter of Chairman and CEO of Google Eric Schmidt, uses her video camera while visiting the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
    Google to put ancient Iraq museum collection online Tue Nov 24, 10:55 AM ET

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artifacts at Iraq's National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq.

  • A man works on his laptop computer in his home in Sacramento, California in this undated handout photo. AT&T unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the obligation to sign a two-year contract with the operator. REUTERS/Handout
    AT&T offers pay by day, week, month data options Mon Nov 23, 4:58 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the obligation to sign a two-year contract with the operator.

  • A photo of the Google Inc. logo is shown on a computer screen in San Francisco, California July 16, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
    Google buying display advertising startup Mon Nov 23, 3:26 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc.

  • A photograph of a computer screen showing the website eBay is shown here in Encinitas, California in this April 22, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Blake
    eBay says fixes search glitch on website Sun Nov 22, 6:55 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - eBay Inc said on Sunday it had restored a search function on its website overnight Saturday after a glitch led to searches returning either limited or no results throughout the day.

  • Tweets or bleats? Tool measures importance on Twitter Mon Nov 23, 8:04 AM ET

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - You've got followers and post regularly, but ever wondered how popular you are on Twitter? An online tool that evaluates "tweets" can tell.

  • The Barnes & Noble nook, a Wireless eBook Reader, is seen during a news conference in New York October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
    Barnes & Noble says Nook sold out before holidays Fri Nov 20, 6:22 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts said could boost sales of rival Amazon.com Inc's market leading Kindle.